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From: NM on 6 Aug 2010 12:05 On 6 Aug, 15:26, kkm <k...(a)w3.to> wrote: > In article <l6adnbA0AuJGvsbRnZ2dnUVZ8tadn...(a)bt.com>, Brimstone > <brimstone520-n...(a)yahoo.co.uk> writes > > > > > > >"Paul" <23...(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > >news:8c0l3bF5t6U1(a)mid.individual.net... > >> On 05/08/2010 21:13, Brimstone wrote: > > >>> "Paul" <23...(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > >>>news:8c0k8tF13jU1(a)mid.individual.net... > >>>> On 05/08/2010 21:09, Brimstone wrote: > > >>>>> "martin" <use...(a)etiqa.co.uk> wrote in message > >>>>>news:4c5b16e2$0$12155$fa0fcedb(a)news.zen.co.uk... > >>>>>> On 05/08/2010 20:13, Brimstone wrote: > >>>>>>> I can't remember the last time I saw such an over the top reaction. > >>>>>>> It's > >>>>>>> a wonderful example of how some public servants think they're the > >>>>>>> masters and we are to do their bidding. > > >>>>>>> There is a video on the website. > > >>>>>>>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1300608/Policemen-suspended- > >smash-grab-raid-disabled-mans-Range-Rover.html > > >>>>>>> "Two policemen were suspended after a disabled pensioner claimed he > >>>>>>> was > >>>>>>> left terrified by officers who smashed his car window after > >>>>>>> catching him > >>>>>>> driving without a seatbelt. > > >>>>>>> When stroke victim Robert Whatley, 70, was pulled over in his Range > >>>>>>> Rover, he expected a brief discussion with the officers. > > >>>>>> Hang on a sec! > > >>>>>> "Officers tried to issue him with a fixed penalty notice but Mr > >>>>>> Whatley drove off. > > >>>>>> Two Gwent police officers followed him along eight miles of country > >>>>>> lanes for 17 minutes before trying to stop the £60,000 Range Rover > >>>>>> with a stinger device. > > >>>>>> But Mr Whatley pulled over again and waited for them to approach. > >>>>>> He was later charged with a series of motoring offences." > > >>>>>>> But he claims he was forced to cover his face and was showered with > >>>>>>> glass as one officer jumped on to the bonnet and kicked his > >>>>>>> windscreen > >>>>>>> while another repeatedly attacked the window with a baton. > > >>>>>> Serves the fucker right! > > >>>>>> He suffered a couple of broken windows after fleeing from the police. > >>>>>> Why didn't you post this information in the first place. If he'd > >>>>>> stopped then all he might have had was a "discussion". > > >>>>> Did you miss the bit where he said that he thought the matter was > >>>>> concluded and do you think wrecking his car was justified? > > >>>>> If so, why do you suppose they coppers concerned have been removed from > >>>>> operations? > > >>>> So - you drive for 17 mins and think the police have their blues and > >>>> twos on - 'to escort you home' > > >>>> what planet are you on? > > >>> Perhaps you're accustomed to dealing with the police on a daily basis > >>> and are totally familiar with their way of doing things. Obviously this > >>> chap isn't. > > >> A 'retired businessman' with a 60k car with personal number plates must > >> know what blues and twos are...shurely... > > >Are you trying to suggest that smashing his car up and dragging him out of > >the car in the manner they did was a proportional response to not wearing a > >seatbelt? > > But arguably a proportional response to knocking down a policeman with > your motor vehicle whilst he is examining the passenger side of your > vehicle. > > To quote from the original article: > > "But when an officer went round to the passenger side, the car lurched > forward and he was knocked over." > > -- > K. No charges were brought therefore this cannot be serious, seems like the old duffer got a bit confused after dealing with the uniformed louts. For sure he would have faced charges if it really happened as said in the Daily Wail.
From: Adrian on 6 Aug 2010 12:06 The Peeler <peelingthe(a)invalid.admin> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >>>>> Practicing the discus - in a gym? Was he throwing or catching? >>>>Ever seen a cricket net? That kind of thing. In Sweden, they can't >>>>exactly rely on the weather being good enough to practice outside. >>> There's not much point throwing a discus if you can't see how far it >>> goes, is there? >>Yes. > So what is the point? If it just bounces off the net you don't know if > you're a good thrower or a useless one? <points up> What's the point of a cricket net? Or anything similar?
From: NM on 6 Aug 2010 12:06 On 6 Aug, 15:42, "GT" <a...(a)b.c> wrote: > "Chelsea Tractor Man" <mr.c.trac...(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in messagenews:un1k9j8pxzoh.9fgss52xwp89.dlg(a)40tude.net... > > > > > On Fri, 6 Aug 2010 14:54:01 +0100, GT wrote: > > >>> as in the other post, his RR will almost certainly be the same as my LR. > >>> Stays locked. > > >> Fair enough - they'll need to smash the windows and jump on the bonnet > >> like > >> gorillas then!! > > > I suspect they are trained to go in fast, after all the average person who > > fails to stop is going to be trouble. Put yourself in the coppers > > position, > > this old gaffer in a *Range Rover* (plenty of villans drive them) has > > driven off mid interview. Is he carrying drugs? A firearm? Just because he > > is 70 does not been he cannot be an armed criminal or a madman like that > > bloke who recently shot and blinded a copper in the Lake District for no > > rational reason at all. > > He was being followed by a car with blue lights, (the idea of a police > > escort is ridiculous) even if he thought it nothing to do with him (even > > though he had just been speaking to the coppers) he should have pulled > > over > > to let it through. > > I agree with all but the last part - he should have pulled over if the > police car was anywhere near him, but it wasn't. Where in the video was there a place to pull over? He pulled over at the first shown stopping place.
From: bod on 6 Aug 2010 12:08 Adrian wrote: > The Peeler <peelingthe(a)invalid.admin> gurgled happily, sounding much like > they were saying: > >>>>>> Practicing the discus - in a gym? Was he throwing or catching? > >>>>> Ever seen a cricket net? That kind of thing. In Sweden, they can't >>>>> exactly rely on the weather being good enough to practice outside. > >>>> There's not much point throwing a discus if you can't see how far it >>>> goes, is there? > >>> Yes. > >> So what is the point? If it just bounces off the net you don't know if >> you're a good thrower or a useless one? > > <points up> > What's the point of a cricket net? Or anything similar? > > There are no points on a cricket net :) Bod
From: The Peeler on 6 Aug 2010 12:10
On 6 Aug 2010 16:06:23 GMT, Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: >The Peeler <peelingthe(a)invalid.admin> gurgled happily, sounding much like >they were saying: > >>>>>> Practicing the discus - in a gym? Was he throwing or catching? > >>>>>Ever seen a cricket net? That kind of thing. In Sweden, they can't >>>>>exactly rely on the weather being good enough to practice outside. > >>>> There's not much point throwing a discus if you can't see how far it >>>> goes, is there? > >>>Yes. > >> So what is the point? If it just bounces off the net you don't know if >> you're a good thrower or a useless one? > ><points up> >What's the point of a cricket net? Or anything similar? <points down> To stop people getting hit by cricket balls. Duh. |